Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 479 Finale: There is no emperor in the world, but the emperor is in my heart (in the finale)
Everyone thought Emperor Chengguang was playing tricks.

Little did they know that Emperor Chengguang really wanted to abdicate.

His father was afraid of being killed, so he completely let go of the imperial power, and the emperor became a puppet.

Before his father died, he had a deep and confidential conversation with him.

Emperor Chengguang strengthened his confidence and retreated bravely.

While the world still misses the Ming Dynasty, he abolishes the emperor system and becomes the Caotou King.

He refused to listen to the officials' advice.

"The Zhu family established the Ming Dynasty, and they will eventually die for the Ming Dynasty. This is the fate of the Zhu family."

"To this day, the Ming Dynasty no longer needs an emperor or the Zhu family."

"It's time for the Zhu family to retreat bravely."

"As emperor, I, the Zhu family, have never had a moment of leisure, have never had a moment to enjoy glory and wealth, and have never had a moment to put selfish desires above official duties."

"I, the Zhu family, consider ourselves worthy of the Ming Dynasty."

"When the Ming Dynasty no longer needs the Zhu family, the Zhu family should succeed and retire. This is the ancestral motto of Emperor Shizu!"

"I dare not refuse at all!"

"I have made a statement to the world that abdication is inevitable."

"After me, there will be no emperor in Ming Dynasty!"

Emperor Chengguang has decided to leave.

Only then did the courtiers realize that they had pushed the royal family too far, which resulted in today's fate of everything being destroyed.

Key court officials cannot force him yet.

You don’t even want the throne anymore, so what else is there to be taboo about?
The most important thing is that Emperor Chengguang abdicates on his own initiative. He will win huge popularity among the people and gain a lot of fans.

Once a court official does something to him, the people will not let the court go.

After Emperor Chengguang abdicated suddenly, everyone was in danger.

How can I think about taking care of Emperor Chengguang anymore?

In the fourth year of Chengguang, on the sixth day of June, Emperor Chengguang officially abdicated!
And announced to the world: I am willing to donate the three Forbidden City and the royal gardens owned by my family to the society free of charge, allowing the whole society to enter the Forbidden City to pay homage to the remains of the past emperors, and the tickets collected must be used for social welfare.

All the royal enterprise assets of my family will be donated to the whole society free of charge according to the ancestral precepts of Emperor Sejo, and all the inheritance left by Emperor Sejo will be donated to the whole society free of charge.

I, the Zhu family royal family, will no longer be a royal family from now on, and will no longer have any royal privileges. I will enjoy the same rights as ordinary people, and will no longer enjoy any privileges from generation to generation!

This statement became known as the "Civilization Statement" by later generations.

From that day on, Ming Dynasty will completely move towards a new civilized world.

The imperial system evaporated.

When the emperor is gone, the clan will naturally be gone, the nobles should no longer exist, and the mountain that rides on the heads of the common people should be moved away.

Some cancerous tumors that should not exist should also be removed.

The imperial system was suddenly abolished.

So where should the new system go from here?

Who will continue to be the leader of this country?
After the imperial system, what new system will be adopted?
How should we commemorate the year?

Many, many things need to be renegotiated.

Emperor Chengguang has not completely withdrawn from the political stage. He still has one vote in the parliament.

Regarding the chronology, people hope to commemorate the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

But the court believed that the Yellow Emperor calendar should be used. This was the method used by China a few years ago, and the Yellow Emperor calendar was used throughout the world.

After the Ming Emperor voluntarily abdicated, the world fell silent.

Countries look like a federation, but they are actually emperors.

Ming Dynasty, which has always been called conservative, backward and self-contained, is at the forefront of the world this time.

The world ranks the Ming Dynasty lineage: Ming Taizu, Ming Taizu, Ming Renzong, Ming Xuanzong, Ming Daizong, Ming Shizu, Ming Xianzong, Ming Xiaozong, Ming Wuzong, Ming Ruizong, Ming Yingzong, Ming Mu Zong, Ming Shenzong, Ming Xi Zong, Ming Qian Zong, Mingyi Zong, Mingguang Zong, Mingming Zong, Mingde Zong, Mingzhe Zong, Mingning Zong, Mingwen Zong.

Counting Emperor Chengguang, the Ming Dynasty inherited a total of 23 emperors, and the reign of Zuo was 412 years.

After the death of Emperor Chengguang, the temple was named Liezong.

Even if Emperor Chengguang abdicated, the Ming Dynasty did not fall, but existed in a new situation.

Ming Dynasty moved forward and unexpectedly led the world trend.

Regardless of whether there is an emperor system or not, the name of the country Ming will continue to be used.

In the end, the court agreed to adopt two chronology methods, using the Yellow Emperor calendar uniformly, and the Daming calendar in China, starting from the first year of Hongwu. In the first year of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor abdicated this year, which was the 412th year of the Ming Dynasty, and so on.

After Emperor Chengguang abdicates, where will the Ming Dynasty go?

In the year 414 of the Ming Dynasty, a new method of power distribution was developed, recommending a president to handle all affairs of the president.

But the president is not the emperor and does not have veto power.

He doesn't have that much imperial power.

To put it bluntly, the president is just a mascot and has no serious power.

The real power lies in the hands of the chief minister.

With the disappearance of the emperor system, there is no need for the existence of the Si Li Jian. The value of the Si Li Jian's existence is to replace the existence of imperial power.

The emperor has disappeared, and the ceremonial supervisor will definitely be eliminated from the stage of history.

But the placement of the eunuchs was a big problem.

So many eunuchs have to be relocated, especially the power eunuchs, which are difficult to relocate at all. No one is willing to give up power, but it is unrealistic for eunuchs to continue to be in power.

There are only so many positions of power, and normal people are still upset. How can people with physical disabilities get to the top?

At this time, I felt that the eunuch had shortcomings.

But from ancient times to the present, there have been countless eunuchs who have disrupted politics, and no one has ever criticized them for having any flaws.

Also, the existence of eunuchs depends on the emperor. Even if the emperor disappears, the eunuchs will definitely be useless.

But the eunuch certainly won't succumb to the ordinary.

At the beginning of the change of the political system, appropriate concessions must be made. The eunuchs holding the seal and the eunuch holding the pen can still be placed in the department.

But the other eunuchs are sorry. Some eunuchs who serve the royal family can continue to work as housekeepers in the royal family, but there is no place for others.

This is what the court thought. Anyway, the eunuchs in charge of the ceremonial department are all old eunuchs. They will be raised for two years first, and then the power will be given away when the eunuchs get old or sick.

As for the eunuch seats in the parliament, the clan and nobles each recommend one person to the parliament.

In the past two years, important officials in the imperial court have also figured out that Emperor Chengguang did give up the emperor, but he did not give up politics.

The first president of the Ming Dynasty was a wise king elected from the Zhu family clan to serve as the first president of the Ming Dynasty.

The courtiers wanted to give Emperor Chengguang the title of lifelong honorary president, but Emperor Chengguang refused. He believed that if the Zhu family abdicated, they should completely withdraw from the throne and should not participate in government affairs without authorization.

At that time, the court officials really believed it.

But in the past few years, he has discovered something. Emperor Chengguang did not give up his seat in the parliament, nor did he refuse to choose a wise king from the clan as president.

even!

When the courtiers looked down, they saw Zong Lusi, the leader of the Six Religions, whose full surname was Zhu!

Looking at many local officials, they all have the surname Zhu!
If you are interested, if you look up the names of entrepreneurs, you will find that there are many entrepreneurs named Zhu, and other surnames are more or less relatives of the Zhu family.

and also!

Research site!

A large number of scientists are all named Zhu!
Literary writer, surnamed Zhu!

Biologist, surnamed Zhu!
The courtiers were surprised to find that there were too many people named Zhu in all walks of life!
But tracing their genealogy can all be traced back to their common ancestor, Zhu Qiyu!

At this moment, all the courtiers were surprised to discover that, without warning, people from all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty had the surname Zhu! They are all separated from the clan!

People with the surname Zhu are like a big network. Invisibly, the network covers the entire Ming Dynasty! Even though the emperor abdicated, the Zhu family did not!

Even though the world has entered the so-called Dishui era, the people who control all the secrets are still surnamed Zhu!
Yes, an emperor named Zhu retired!
But thousands of emperors named Zhu stood up!
The scariest thing is that the world is like this too!
What frightened the courtiers the most was that there were too many people named Zhu in the upper class around the world!

Even people with other surnames are more or less related to people named Zhu!
The so-called social elites are all named Zhu, or people named Zhu!

This is true all over the world!
The Ming Emperor abdicated, but thousands of Zhu family members stood up to protect the Zhu family from wind and rain!

Only at this moment did I realize that Emperor Chengguang’s abdication was a deliberate move!

It was probably planned for a hundred years!

No, it’s two hundred years!

Even longer!

Otherwise, why would there be so many elites named Zhu in society?

Why do the Zhu family value education so much?
Why are the Zhu family so cruel to their own family!

Just waiting for this day!
The royal family has the most stringent education in the world. Starting from Emperor Shizu, they have trampled their sons in the mud and let the world trample them! Force them to take root and sprout from the soil and thrive!
If it doesn't grow, consider him dead!

This is the wolf education of the royal family!
Two hundred and sixty years have passed!

The Zhu family has always followed this education system and cultivated countless evil wolves!

When there is no one in the world, these evil wolves are released among the people. The court does not give any benefits. No matter whether they are granted kings or titles, they will not get any actual benefits. Let them work hard and conquer the country by themselves!
Generations of Zhu family members were forced to start their own businesses after losing their titles. They left the capital and started businesses all over the world!

They have been raised by the surname Wolf since they were young. They regard the Zhu family as their glory and the royal family as their glory. However, the royal family does not give them any material help except glory. They also set the highest goals for them and encourage them to let them Do it!
Groups of Zhu family members who grew up under this kind of education did not enjoy the glory and wealth. Instead, they were stepped on in the mud and grew up little by little. Such people will always be more resistant to pressure than ordinary people and will always know better than ordinary people. Work hard and you will always know how to make progress and cherish more than ordinary people...

Those who are to be separated from the clan will receive special education when they are very young. Some will engage in scientific research, some will go into business, some will go into teaching, and some will go into politics...

Everyone has their own mission.

When they grow up, with a favor from the court, they will pack their bags and embark on their own journey.

Whether they fall down during the journey or carry forward with a heavy load, the court will not care.

They will create their own business step by step and continue to bring honor to the Zhu family!
Two hundred and sixty years have passed, and no one from the Zhu family has ever complained about suffering, tiredness, or giving up on this road; no one from the Zhu family has fallen down forever after a fall on this road; no one from the Zhu family has lived a mediocre life. Finish this life.

Because that kind of mediocrity died when he was young! When they are stepped on in the mud, if they don’t grow, they die!
No one will sympathize with them, no one will pity them.

How can we achieve great things if we don't even have the heart to endure failure? How to honor our ancestors!
Every child born into the Zhu family must bear the suffering that the Zhu family should bear when they bear the glory of the Zhu family.

Today, two hundred and sixty years later, will be the time for it to blossom and bear fruit.

All walks of life are filled with a large number of Zhu family members.

The emperor did abdicate.

But it’s only the emperor’s lineage that has retreated!

In the whole world, there are more than one million people in the Zhu family? House after house, house after house, countless!

At this moment, although they are not standing on the top of the mountain, although the person standing on the top of the mountain has come down, thousands of Zhu family members are crowding on the mountainside, wanting to be the next person to climb to the top. Without the consent of the Zhu family members , no one can get up!
What's scary is not Emperor Shizu's dark thoughts.

But the Zhu family has been able to do it for two hundred and sixty years!
It’s not done on a house-by-house basis! Instead, every house and household follows the ancestral precepts of Emperor Shizu. They regard Emperor Shizu as the sun in the sky, and they listen to the words of the sun!
It took two hundred and sixty years, and successive generations of people worked hard to build it into what it is today.

And one thing the courtiers don't know yet is...

In the eighth year of Zhengshi, the day Emperor Zhengshi was killed.

Before Emperor Xiaochang ascended the throne, he knelt in the Fengxian Hall all night. He wanted to ask his ancestors who could save him!

The tide of the times has impacted the imperial system, which is already on the verge of collapse.

But the stupid Emperor Tianshu gave up the imperial power to others.

His grandfather, Emperor Longxi, died on the road in order to regain the imperial power, and his father, Emperor Zhengshi, also died on the road.

Emperor Xiaochang knew that the imperial power could not be regained!
Therefore, he knelt in Fengxian Hall all night.

He suddenly remembered that Emperor Shizu had hollowed out the basement of Yangxin Hall. By the Hongzhi Dynasty, the basement had been abandoned. It was used by the Zhengde Dynasty for a few years. After the death of Emperor Zhengde, no one used it.

Is there any solution left behind by Emperor Shizu?

Before dawn, he ran to the basement of Yangxin Hall and searched for a long time, but found a hidden compartment in the innermost room.

In the secret room, there is a red box.

He opened the red box, and there was a letter on it, with the handwriting of Emperor Shizu on it: "My grandson personally writes this"!
"I have been thinking about this for a long time, but I am finally worried about my descendants, so I am writing this letter to wait for them."

"When my grandson accepted the letter, he must have been at the end of his rope, and I am very relieved to still remember my ancestor."

"If what I predict is correct, the tide of the times will eventually overthrow the imperial system. No matter how wise or mediocre my descendants are, they will eventually be unable to escape the shackles of the imperial system."

"In the feudal era, the emperor system was superior."

"With the start of the industrial revolution, the world will enter the industrial era. In the industrial era, the emperor system will be a shackle and pain point."

"I predict that when my grandson sees this letter, the emperor's system will be in danger and he will think hard about it. Only then will he think of me. He also knows that I am the one driving the world's tide. Naturally, he knows that I have a way to protect the emperor."

"I should know that no one can go against the tide of the times, including me."

"Since the emperor system is going to be eliminated, let him be eliminated."

"The essence of the existence of the imperial system is imperial power, and the essence of imperial power is power."

"My grandson should know that you don't want the throne, but you can't give up your power easily."

"I use supreme power to describe the imperial power in the new era."

"This supreme power comes from financial power and personnel power. If you control them both, you will be the emperor no matter whether my grandson wears a dragon robe or sits on a dragon throne or not."

"If you lose these two things, you will not be an emperor even if you are sitting on the dragon throne."

"This is the reason why I hold on to the imperial power so tightly."

"I don't know if my grandson still has imperial power. If he does, he will use the imperial power to transform into a political family, retreat behind the scenes, and continue to control the government."

"If not, then announce his abdication, seek support from public opinion, and gain glory, so that the Zhu family can enjoy wealth and honor."

"If you have imperial power, don't read the rest of the story. I can't teach you."

"If there is no imperial power, don't blame the predecessors for losing the imperial power. It is not easy to hold on to the imperial power. I understand that deeply."

"I don't know, how much of the family property I leave to future generations is left?"

"If there is, immediately donate the inheritance to society and gain fame."

"If not, then donate internal funds."

"After my grandson abdicated, all the fixed assets in the palace, such as the Forbidden City, etc., were donated to keep the Zhu family intact."

"Before my grandson abdicated, he tried every means to seize money, transfer assets, and enter the Zhu family's inner treasury. He did not enter the national treasury or internal funds."

“If you can’t seize personnel power, you must seize financial power.”

"Remember, energy is the most important thing in the world. If you master energy, you will always be invincible."

"Secondly, ordnance, control the arsenal for emergencies."

"Third, marriage!"

"By marrying all the political families, the Zhu family's abdication will inevitably bring greater glory to them. Public opinion will inevitably praise my grandson. I will take the opportunity to make good friends with all the political families and let the Zhu family retreat into the background."

"Honor and financial power can allow my grandson to enter politics again."

"There is no need to worry about the clan affairs. I have made appropriate arrangements."

"One day, all the personnel in key departments in the world will be named Zhu; the richest people in the world will all be named Zhu; the members of all religious sects in the world will be named Zhu; and the people from all social classes in the world will be named Zhu!"

"At that time, whether my grandson abdicates or not will not be harmful to the overall situation."

"My grandson must remember that retreating bravely from the rapids is what the wise do."

"I, Zhu Qiyu of Jingtai, wrote this in the sixty-eighth year of Jingtai. I will burn it after reading it."

End of letter.

It was under the guidance of this letter that Emperor Xiaochang began to plan to abdicate. It took nearly twenty years for Emperor Ming to abdicate perfectly and make a perfect curtain call!

And these twenty years were the twenty years planned by Emperor Xiaochang, and everything was done according to the instructions of Emperor Shizu...

(End of this chapter)